title: Selective oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols using Mn(OAc)3/catalytic 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone.
abstract: A practical, chemoselective oxidation of alcohols employing catalytic quantities of DDQ as the oxidant and Mn(OAc)(3) as the co-oxidant is described. Electron-rich benzylic alcohols are oxidized efficiently to their corresponding carbonyls, but less electron-rich benzylic alcohols remain unchanged. Allylic alcohols are rapidly oxidized to their corresponding aldehyde or ketone counterparts in high yields. This protocol is operationally simple, employs an inexpensive source of Mn(OAc)(3), has short reaction times, and exhibits a significant chemoselectivity favoring allylic alcohols over benzylic alcohols. This procedure also avoids the use of very large excesses of reagents and sometimes poor reproducibility that characterize previously developed reagents such as MnO(2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors.forename: Casey C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cosner
authors.forename: Pablo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: Asia M Adams
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Helquist
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry*; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D020005:Propanols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D016227:Benzoquinones; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D020005:Propanols; C521134:manganese(III) acetate dihydrate; C000928:dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone; C006463:allyl alcohol; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol